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The Ministry of Education is developing a diagnostic tool to asses the reading level of students up to grade nine, as part of a strategic plan on literacy. The tool should be available to teachers in time for the start of the new school year in September, said National Literacy Co-ordinator at the Ministry, Laurel Brent-Harris. "We are in the...

Assistant Chief Education Officer, Student Assessment Unit, in the Ministry of Education, Sharon Neil, has announced that some 46,000 students have been registered for the Grade 4 Literacy Test on June 16. "The Ministry of Education has registered approximately 46,000 students for the examination. The Ministry employed electronic registration of these students. Most schools have responded. At this point, approximately...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Audrey Sewell, has lauded teachers for the pivotal role they play in developing emotionally intelligent, articulate and productive citizens for national development. "Today, we honour those men and women who have not only answered the call to serve our nation in this important role, but those who have gone beyond the call of...

Not even the rain could stop Principal Winston Jackson from hosting a function to celebrate the provision of computers and electronic equipment for his school, Louise Bennett-Coverley All-Age in East Rural St. Andrew. As rains, associated with a weather system, pelted the school on May 20, Mr. Jackson insisted, "Rain or shine we will have the function today". And they...

Scores of students of the Port Antonio Infant School in Portland were immunised at a health fair organised by the institution's Guidance and Counselling Unit in collaboration with the Portland Health Department. At the fair, held on the school grounds on May 14, parents also benefitted from health checks including blood sugar and blood pressure tests. Speaking to JIS News,...

Central High School in Clarendon, has received a sum of $100,000 from Juici Patties, towards the expansion of its playfield. Acting Vice Principal of the institution, Uvelyn Daley, told JIS News that the donation will assist in creating a playfield of a comfortable size, that will allow the students to train for the various school-based athletic competitions, in which they...

The Information technology capability of several primary schools across the island has been boosted with a donation of 100 computers by the Caribbean Classic Golf Invitational (CCGI) Foundation. The donation was made at a function at the Hilton Kingston Hotel, New Kingston, Friday (May 15). Founder of CCGI, Richard Stephenson, said that the Foundation has spent more than US$500,000 to...

The Ministry of Tourism, through the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), has partnered with the University of Technology (UTech) to establish a Hospitality School in Montego Bay, St. James. The parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Friday (May 15) at the Ministry's New Kingston office to start the initiative. The Hospitality School, which will offer degree and certificate...

The Scotiabank National Primary Schools HIV and AIDS debate competition is helping students to develop greater sensitivity and empathy for persons affected by the disease, said Relief Manager at the bank's Mandeville branch, Janet Billings-Frith. She was addressing the semi-finals of the competition held on May 13 at the Manchester Club in Mandeville. "By targeting primary school children, we have...

Jamaica is reaping huge dividends from the investment of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the education sector, which amounts to about US$30 million over the last 12 years. The input of the agency is primarily underpinned by three projects - the New Horizons, Expanding Educational Horizons (EEH), and Caribbean Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training. Director...

The Ministry of Energy and Mining is continuing its capacity building drive with a two-week training course on energy demand assessment, using the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Model for the Analysis of Energy Demand (MAED). The training course which is being hosted at the PCJ Auditorium in Kingston, runs from May 11 to 22, 2009 and targets professionals in...

The expansion of the school garden at Denham Town Primary School will be the main focus of this year's Child Month Action Day on Friday, May 15. Chairman of the Action Day Planning Committee, Vivienne DaCosta, told JIS News that the Denham Town Primary School was selected as the national project because it already had a backyard garden, and they...